Breaking down a script is the process of capturing production
elements required for a scene in a breakdown sheet. In Adobe® Story, elements such as location, character,
and dialog are used to generate breakdown reports. The automated generation
of reports helps reduce manual effort and minimize errors.

Breakdown reports exported from Adobe Story are in the comma-separated values
(CSV) format. Use a spreadsheet application that supports CSV, such
as Microsoft Excel, to open the CSV file.

You can generate customized reports for various members of the
crew from the CSV file using the spreadsheet application. For example,
a report containing actors, scene numbers, and dialogues required
for a shot help production personnel plan effectively. Actors can
be provided with a list of scenes that require their presence, and
the dialogues for those scenes.

Create breakdown reports

Scene numbers, shot numbers, and shot duration are displayed
only if you have enabled them in your script.

Select Production > Breakdown Reports.

Select the type of report you want to generate from the menu.

Save the report to a location on your computer.

For tracked documents, Adobe Story uses the Show As Final mode
when generating breakdown reports.

Create custom breakdown reports

Available for: Adobe Story Plus

You can create a custom report by selecting elements you want
listed in your report. Apart from elements, you can also choose
special items such as tags, page number, and word count. The word
count corresponds to the total number of words in the document.

Select Production > Breakdown Reports > Custom
Report.

In the Custom Breakdown Report dialog, select the items that
you want to capture in the report.

Click Create.

If you select Split Scene Heading, Adobe Story captures
the three parts of a scene heading (INT/EXT, Location, Time of Day)
as separate Adobe Columns in the report.

If you select Shot duration, two columns corresponding
to Shot duration and Running time are created in the report.